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Cinque Ports (England)

LC control no.n 86088603
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Geographic headingCinque Ports (England)
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Geographic subdivision usageEngland--Cinque Ports
Variant(s)Quinque Portus (England)
Five Ports (England)
Cinque Ports
Found inHuddlestone, J. The Cinque Ports country, 198-?: t.p. (Cinque Ports) p. 5 (name of an ancient assoc. in the south of England, of maritime towns)
LC data base, 5/29/86 (hdg.: Cinque Ports)
Magna & antiqua charta Quinque Portuum domini regis et membrorum eorundem, 1675
Columbia gazeteer online, Mar. 30, 2010: (Cinque Ports; Five Ports; "name applied to an association of maritime towns in Sussex and Kent, SE England. They originally numbered five: Hastings, Romney (now New Romney), Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich. The association was informally organized in the 11th century, and a formal charter was drawn up in the 13th century. In the 12th century, Winchelsea and Rye were added ...")
Geographic area codee-uk-en